By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way. – John le Carre
Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age. – Gary Bauer
Old age is not a disease – it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses. – Maggie Kuhn
I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked. – Len Wein
Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance. – Thomas Moore
The greatest writers of this age… are aware of the mystery of our existence. – J. B. Priestley
The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change. – J. G. Ballard
My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship. I watched them over the years and saw how they dealt with everything together, as a team. – Kyle Chandler
My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship. – Kyle Chandler
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. – Naguib Mahfouz
Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm. – Terry Eagleton
It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship. – Henry A. Wallace
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages. – Judy Biggert
The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times. – Robert Morgan
Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. – Walter Savage Landor
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. – Florida Scott-Maxwell
People pay to see movies with women looking beautiful, but I think there will be a place for me to play women looking my own age. – Debra Winger
I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. – Debra Winger
Your 40s are a major trough. About the age of 50, feelings of satisfaction begin to rebound and keep rising into your 50s, 60s and 70s, with health being a major factor. – Jane Pauley
Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things. – Joshua Lederberg
